Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-12
The Great Explorer and His Present Need Of
Asaistancs In Afrtos.

The Great Explorer and Bis Present Need OF
Assistanes In Afrios.
Many readers will no doust be interested
In some slight details OF Emin Bey, since
there has been 20 much talk about tho Stanley
relief expedition. II IL . curious fact that 90
little 10 known Of the former lie OF man
who hes really accomplished 30 much.
Former accounts speak OF Emin Boy -
German soldier, but he WAS Al Austrian doc.
tor. Beyond thls-and this seems still in
doubt-nothing IL known concerning tho
mans life until Gordon discovered him In
the year Of 1873 and made him governor gen.
eral Of the Egyptian Equatorial provinces.
In three years Emin Bsy had swsp. the
slave trade out OF these provinces, and had %
manipulated the revenues that from an annual
deficit Of R3S 900 he mounted them 70 an
aggregated annual surplus OF aS000 He
taught the natives tho cultivation of cotton,
rioe, indigo, coffee and numerous other articles
and instructed them In tho art of weaving,
aud how 10 make shoes, eto He manufac.
tured soap, established hospitals and intro.
duced vsccinating. In short he was revolu.
tionislpg and gradually oivilisins the prov.
inoes when the war OF the Soudan broke out
1t may be possible that this account 70 some.
what exaggerated, but there seems to remain
NO doubt that Emin Bey was accomplishing
Egyptian army aud led part OF the khedivs's
troops, In the war with El Mahdi His par
ticulsr province, just north OF the Albert
Nyauza, Q tract OF about two hundred miles
length and ono hundred and fifty width, con.
tanning between one aud two millions OF In.
hAbitantA These have been loyal aud true
70 him and have furnished him soldiers, of
whom he wrote In December OF 1885, sfter
their gallant defense from . beleasuered
town, "If ever had any doubts OF tho
negro, the history OF the siege Of Amedi
would have proven to mo that the black raoe
il. In valor and courage, inferior to no other"
while In devotion and selfdsnial II u even
superior to many. Emin Boy gradually ex.
tended bis authority more and more 70 the
west, to the upper waters Of tho Makus, In
the Congo basin, and from 1878 to 1889, q
lsast, he had maintain sd perfect order through. !.
out the country. In the reverses which befel
the Egyptian troops In the battles Of the do.
sert Emin was with his soldiers driven south.
ward, aud at tho time when Gordon went to
the relie! OF Khsrtoum, Emin hey was en-.
trsnched amid the hostile tribes south OF
Egypt He could not escape northward or
seawsrd, his only way being toward tho
south, which way be pursued until he an.
countered the hostile tribes Of that district,
which compelled him to retreat somewhat
and remain with more friendly negroes near
the vicinity OF Albert Nyanza Emin Bey
hsd accompanying him two explorers, Caaati
ond DE- GunkeT, and to tho latter, who made
his way 70 the coast, Is due the knowledge Of
Emin bey's need OF assistance. For three
years nothing whatever has been heard OF
him, g no bad been absolutely lost sight OF
when the English abandoned the Soudau.
What has happened since DR.. Gunker left
him will be known when Stanley sends
word 70 the world that hs has found Emin
Boy or bis remAinA